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A hidden generative rule assembles higher-order vocal structures in orangutans

2026-07-07

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>The assembly of elements into higher-order structures is widely regarded as the computational basis of language and the combinatoric principle underlying its boundless expressive power. How this generative capacity emerged in humans remains one of the most controversial scientific problems of this century. Here, we uncover that orangutan alarm call combinations – the only hominid vocal...

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Literature Corpus work: 30a13736-40ac-5320-8c9d-0f2c722b6419
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10227491/v1

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